"Have you even gone to sleep yet? Or did you spend all night being a geek?" Naruto said brusquely as he poked at the many test tubes and plants surrounding Sakura's temporary desk in the green house.

"Well when I had a fresh sample of the poison I didn't want to go to bed and let it set over night. I was able to single out the antigen that was causing the antibiotics to do more damage than good. It turned out that the neurotoxin was really mutated endotoxin. They made it so that if you didn't do treatment the patient would die, but if you tried to use antibiotics and the antigen died it would cause it to release the endotoxin that was trapped inside of the peptidoglycan layer and cause more damage. Finding out that they did that I just had to figure out a way to isolate the antigen and filter it from the body with out killing it. I produced a serum that induces a temporary state of Chediak Higashi syndrome where the phagocytes attack the antigens but don't release them through exocytosis, because there aren't replicating in the blood stream the phagocytes won't burst from consuming too many and the patient will not be in danger. They will pass naturally through the urine-… Hey! I'm not a geek!" Sakura barked and punched Naruto in the arm. He just blinked at her. He had lost his place at the first time she said antigen.

"Yeah, you keep telling yourself that Sakura… so after all that ranting, you basically came up with a cure?"

"Yeah, I have an antidote. I've already sent it with the team and sent a message to Kayuki." She said sourly, a bit perturbed that her hard work was lost on Naruto.

"So we can go home and I can see Hinata?" He said, almost sounding a little giddy at the prospect. Sakura sighed, side glancing at the man in the corner who seemed to be staring more at his book than he was reading it. If he was anything like her, he was having a hard time concentrating on anything. She really had to make herself concentrate rather than day dream about their little escapade on the mountain side.

"Yeah, we are going home."

Kakashi hadn't turned a page in Icha Icha for over an hour. He just found a page where nothing sexual was going on, like Junko talking to an inn keeper, and focused on it. He didn't want to take a chance of his mind reminding him that he had an interesting encounter the night before.

The fact that when they returned to the village she woke up a small group of medical ninja and went straight to work meant he wasn't going to sleep either. Through it all he was still under orders never to leave her alone in public. He was her body guard, as Tsunade deemed it so. He had a few choice words he could have used to describe Tsunade at that moment. He knew that she must have had something like the night before in mind when she gave the order for him to stay by Sakura's side at all times.

He remembered hours before when the team found them. They were soon joined by three more four man squads.

Flash Back

Naruto and Sasuke ran passed Kakashi and grabbed Sakura; nearly flipping her over as they checked her for bruises, nicks, or scratches.

"I-I'm fine!" She laughed at their concern. It was sweet that they worried over her so much.

"It's freezing out here Sakura-chan!" Naruto said as he bundled Sakura's found jacket around her like a blanket.

"I hadn't noticed…" She flicked her eyes over to Kakashi as he cleared his throat and walked to the side to where Pakkun was sitting by himself. "Woah!" She yelped as Naruto finished wrapping her up in her own coat and picked her up, threshold style.

"No arguments, Sakura." Sasuke said as he made sure the coat was completely covering her legs.

Kakashi looked over his shoulder at the two grown men babying Sakura as if she was four. He knew that she wanted to argue, but wouldn't because those two were as stubborn as she was.

"Kakashi." He looked down to see Pakkun giving him a knowing look. "I made sure to give you warning we were nearing so you could finish-"

"We weren't doing anything." Kakashi hissed out in a rushed whisper. Pakkun growled in a way it sounded like a laugh.

"The lust in the air was stronger than the smell of blood, Kakashi. Don't try to fool a dog."

"You can leave now Pakkun." Kakashi ground out, and Pakkun just kind of chuckled and disappeared in a puff of smoke.

End Flash Back

He had informed the squads the situation on the cave as they proceeded to stare at him in awe. He hadn't killed anyone unless it was completely necessary, but the entire population of the cave was not going anywhere any time soon. With that he dismissed team Kakashi and headed to the village. He hadn't the nerve to even make eye contact with the woman in Naruto's arms. She seemed to have dozed the entire trek back to the village as she clutched her bundled up lab coat to her chest.

He could only assume that is why she seemed to be a ball of energy the second she got into her lab in the green house. The last medical ninja had just left only a few minutes after Naruto showed up to drop off breakfast and to check up on Sakura.

Even now Kakashi had trouble not paying attention to her. She had showered, he had too thankfully, and she then changed into the green dress she seemed to love so much.

Did she have any idea that he was really fond of that dress? Did she know she was torturing him?

She would turn while working and now that it had been pointed out to him she was pregnant she took no measures in hiding it. The small swell in her midsection was not a turn off in the least. He was having a hard time staying angry as he watched her run back and forth through out the night around the assistants. The fact that she was pregnant with HIS child was mind blowing. It seemed to make her even more attractive in his eyes, which was not helping his situation. The only indication she was pregnant was her small stomach. She still had her long, toned legs that he seemed to be eyeing every time he thought she wasn't noticing.

There was also that small thing he noticed every time she leaned over to look into the microscope and her dress rode up just barely from behind, framing her rear.

He had just had his hands all over that the night before.

Naruto stopped mid sentence when Kakashi slipped from his spot leaning against the wall and hit a plant.

"…anyway-" Naruto continued as he slowly tore his eyes away from Kakashi fumbling to catch all the things he had knocked over."-I am going to head back to the house and start packing." Realization hit Kakashi like a ton of bricks. He was going to be alone with Sakura for the first time since their little… incident.

"Ah! W-Wait!" Kakashi choked out as he actually dropped the potted plant he had caught only moments before. Naruto blinked as he paused on his way toward the door. Sakura smirked, knowing the reason for Kakashi's outburst.

"Go ahead Naruto; you need to pack, seeing you always take the longest." Sakura directed her words toward Naruto, but never took her eyes off Kakashi. Naruto nodded, looking at the two as he slowly started for the door again. Kakashi narrowed his eyes at Sakura as he spoke.

"Stay Naruto." Naruto stopped at the door and looked at Kakashi glaring a Sakura.

"Go Naruto." Sakura said sharply.

"Stay."

"Go!"

"I am your team leader Naruto, and I said stay."

"I am your team medic and can choose not the heal you the next time you get clobbered. I say go!"

"Woah! Woah! I am not sticking around to be ammo. You guys figure this out on your own." Naruto almost threw himself out the door before they could say anything else. Sakura could only smirk. She won.

"Getting me alone still doesn't change the fact that you lied to me, Sakura."

"You gave me no reason not to."

"You should have told me the truth." Kakashi tried to not look at her as she walked up to him, only to stop mere inches from him. He felt dizzy being that close to her, but stared at the vegetation around him as if it were to most interesting thing in the world.

Sakura noticed the raw marks on his wrists; he wasn't wearing his usual gloves because they were probably painful. He was so protective of her even before he knew that she was pregnant. He ripped his wrists to ribbons trying to get out of the shackles to protect her. She smiled as she took his wrists into her hands. He winced a little but wasn't able to hide his surprised expression. A green aura radiated from her palms as she healed his wounds on his wrists. When she was finished he quickly pulled his hands away and mumbled a silent thank you as he backed away a little.

Sakura stared at him curiously as he still avoided eye contact.

"…What is up with you Kakashi? Last night you were ripping my clothes off, literally, now you can't even look at me. You can't tell me there is nothing there."

"I was not in my right mind; there were a lot of opponents in that cave." He made eye contact with her as he said it to prove a point. He felt himself slowly backing up again as she inched closer though. This did not deter her in the least.

"Afraid to touch me? Might have a repeat of last night?" Kakashi couldn't hide his stunned expression at Sakura's sudden vixen like demeanor. She knew what she was doing. She smirked again as she took a longer stride, causing him to stumble backward a little bit and bump into the side of the green house. He was had. "I think last night you showed me how you really feel."

Sakura's hand came up and gently tugged his mask down. She couldn't help but feel her chest flutter at the sight and the fact that she was able to pull his mask down. His expression looked almost frantic as he seemed to look around the room for an escape. She had to hold in a chuckle at how she could do this to him, yet he was one of the most feared shinobi in Konoha.

"It was the adrenaline from fighting. This isn't-"

Sakura didn't give him a chance to try and finish that thought when she leaned up just enough for their lips to touch in a soft kiss. His only reprisal to that was a moan that almost sounded like a whimper. He tried once again to distance himself from her. He gripped her shoulders gently and broke the kiss as he tried to continue his train of thought.

"We have to stop." Sakura leaned up bit his lip gently causing him to shudder and close his eyes. "We…can't..." He tried to say firmly, but his voice cracked as he said it giving him away completely. She took this chance to grip the back of the neck and pull him down into another kiss. He went to complete mush in her arms as he leaned into the kiss. He gripped either side of her rib cage as she pulled him down into her. His will power was shot after what had just happened the night before. His normal conscience seemed to be enjoying the intimate contact he was having with Sakura just as much as his subconscious was.

If this continued he was going to have her up against the wall for another bout of quick rough sex.

Kakashi knew he needed to stop, but his body was acting on its own. The fact that he caved so hard was because he had been denying himself any contact with this woman. He hadn't realized how much he truly wanted her. Her skin was so soft, she smelled so good, she tasted so sweet. The way she moaned and couldn't stop kissing him drove him crazy. Her strength, her laugh, her kindness, her temper… the way she looked at him and smiled when she was happy.

He wanted Sakura, more than he realized. He wanted her more than in a sexual way; he couldn't stop kissing her and just being so close to her because he realized he wanted all of her.

He couldn't stop just touching her, even though he knew he had to stop. His hands slipped down her ribs, he was gripping her so tightly that he could feel her chest bindings under her dress. He stopped when he touched her stomach gently. She gasped and he felt why. The baby kicked again.

This is why he needed to stop.

Kakashi had to use every ounce of his being to tear himself away from Sakura even though she didn't prevent him from doing so. He was breathing hard and so was she as he stared at her.

"We can't do this." He said, still panting from their recent spell of boisterous kissing. Her hands were resting on her stomach as she stared at him. It took everything he had to separate from her and it was still taking everything to not go right back to what they had been doing. She was so beautiful. She never thought so, but he had been noticing just how beautiful she was for the passed few months.

"Tell me you don't love me and I will leave you be. I will raise this child on my own." She said it softly, but never broke eye contact. His heart ached and it was almost impossible to keep his eyes on hers.

"I can't love you." His said as his gaze dropped to the ground. He wouldn't let this go any farther. He knew he couldn't be with her; she would end up getting hurt. So would the child. He was being selfish by continuously succumbing to his desires. He needed to stop leading her on.

"You still haven't answered my question." She grumbled at him.

"We can't be together."

"Why?" Kakashi did a double take at the woman as she continued to keep a steady gaze on him.

"I am not getting into this with you, Sakura." Kakashi could feel his shoulders tense again.

"You never get into this with me, Kakashi."

"I wish you would listen to me, I already told you what I want." He snapped.

"I would listen if I actually believed that is what you want!" She snapped right back. Her anger faltered as she yelped at the tickling feeling of the baby kicking again. The realization of what she had been through the passed few months hit Kakashi hard. The trip there and the fact he pushed her so hard in her condition made guilt eat away at him. The long hours in the lab, the extra shifts in the hospital, the fight that broke out on the ship on the way there. What if she had lost the baby?

When she passed out during the fight earlier the day before, he remembered being disappointed in her for that. He hadn't realized that she had been pregnant. What if something had happened to her?

He wasn't even with her and he was hurting her.

"I do not love you. I only care for you as my friend."

"Then what was the other night?"

"Another mistake."

"I'm going to miss you Sakura, you have to send me pictures when the little one is born." Tougi said as he carried her pack to the sled. Sakura smiled as she followed him. She gave him a big hug after he put her pack on the sled.

"Of course. You keep in touch too." Tougi leaned down and patted Sakura's stomach.

"You be a good baby for your mommy now." Sakura squeaked as the baby kicked, making Tougi cheer. "He's going to be strong!"

"Naruto!" Sakura said cheerfully as he walked down the stairs of the porch. "Come here! He's kicking!" She laughed as he dropped his things and scrambled frantically over to Sakura. She took his hand and placed it by Tougi's.

"Aw! It's a baby!" Naruto grinned from ear to ear. "Just wait till you come out! Uncle Naruto is going to take you out to ramen and teach you how to use Rasengan. Don't be afraid of your Uncle Sasuke, his face is always like that." As if on queue Sasuke turned to Naruto as he packed his sled and gave him a sour look. Sakura giggled as the two men touching her stomach chattered happily to it. Naruto had deemed himself Uncle the second he found out Kakashi knew about the baby. She was touched that Sasuke unknowingly in a conversation with Naruto referred to himself as Uncle Sasuke. She was on a constant high that two of her best guy friends were excited about the prospect of her having a child.

"You want to feel him kick Sasuke? He is all about it. I think he is going to be a soccer player." Sakura asked and Sasuke chuckled but shook his head.

"I want the first baby I feel kick to be my son." Sakura smiled and touched her mouth.

"That is so sweet." She said, a little teary eyed. Naruto chuckled.

"You are so obvious when it comes to Ino, Sasuke. Anyway, you're missing out. This little guy is a ball of energy. Not lazy like his fath-"

"Lets head out." Naruto turned blue as he was cut off by Kakashi's deep, serious voice. The two men by Sakura stood up and removed their hands from her stomach. Sakura seemed to take a demeanor that she could care less Kakashi was in the vicinity as she walked over to Sasuke's sled and sat down in it. Sasuke and Naruto gave each other knowing looks again. This was going to be a long trip.